WEB DESK
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has reprimanded Islamabad for allowing terror groups to operate from safe havens in Pakistan and launch cross-border attacks in Afghanistan.
At a meeting in Brussels yesterday, NATO asked Islamabad to close terrorist sanctuaries in Pakistan and to work to prevent terrorist financial flows and cross-border attacks.
” We encourage Pakistan to act on its stated support for a political solution to the Afghan conflict, to close terrorist sanctuaries and to work to prevent terrorist financial flows and cross-border attacks, including by working with its neighbours. We echo President Ghani’s call on regional actors to cooperate more closely on fighting terrorism and to support the Afghan government’s peace and reconciliation efforts. In this regard, we also encourage Iran and Russia to contribute to regional stability by fully supporting an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process” NATO said in a statement.
NATO said the grouping echoes Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s call on regional actors to play a significant role in peace and stabilisation in Afghanistan. The grouping has also called upon Iran and Russia to contribute to regional stability by fully supporting an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process.
“We urge the Taliban to respond favourably to this opportunity and participate in an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace process. The responsibility to bring an end to a long era of conflict is now in the Taliban’s hands” , it said